The engine driver Johnnie Gray has two great passions: his locomotive, “the General”, and the young Annabelle Lee. When the American Civil War (1861-1865) begins, the boy is not accepted as a fighter, since he would be more useful as an engineer of the railway line. His beloved, however, starts to believe that he is a coward for not fighting. That is when “the General” and Annabelle are kidnaped by Union spies, and Johnnie need to chase both, in a lively adventure by the rail.
The restoration of this film print was made by Lobster Films.
The General
1926
General Audiences
79 min.
USA
P&B
Clyde BruckmanBuster Keaton
Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
Bert Haines, Devereaux Jennings
Buster Keaton, Sherman Kell
Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley, Charles Henry Smith
Joseph M. Schenck
Cohen Film Collection
MK2
40, 40